A few days ago, the Japanese music industry came together to fight ticket scalping. They did so by forming the group Tenbai No. Several musical acts, events, and organizations stood with Tenbai No by appearing in the group’s ad. One of those acts is m-flo. I reached out to m-flo member Taku Takahashi via Twitter for a statement on why he agrees with Tenbai No, especially since he is so for Japanese music spreading internationally and many feel that this new action hurts the chances of international fans attending concerts while in Japan. See what he had to say below!
Singer-songwriter Ichiko Aoba has announced that she will be releasing her first album since 2013’s “0” on the 19th October. The album, featuring 11 new tracks, is to be titled “Mahoroboshiya” (which seems to be a combination of “Maboroshi” (illusion) and “Horoboshi” (destruction). It is notably the first release by Aoba to feature her face on the cover. The album will be released on both CD and Vinyl format. To see the covers and tracklist, read more after the gap!
This week’s guests were DJ Misoshiru to MC Gohan, Ai Shinozaki, and May’n.
DJ Misoshiru to MC Gohan – The Gang Eat More
Ai Shinozaki – Kuchi no Warui Onna
May’n – Belief
This week on Recochoku, Namie Amuro topped the chart for the fourth week in a row with “Hero.”
On iTunes, BUMP OF CHICKEN topped the chart with their new single “aria.”
One of the things Square Enix has promised fans in their big reveal is a spin-off mobile game called Justice Monster V, scheduled for a 2016 release. Well, despite their failure to deliver their biggest promise *cough* the 30 September FFXV release date *cough*, it seems like they manage to do the rest just fine. Via a “Final Fantasy XV powered by Dengeki PS Premium Event” livestream event last Sunday, it was announced that the game will hit Japan, America, and Europe on iOS and Android on August 30 (after some delay on its own).
With September coming, many are looking in their post boxes for the October issue of VOGUE Japan; to see what fashion advice and goodies they have in store it’s readers. Through their youtube channel we’ve gotten a behind the scene glimpse of one of the spreads they’ve been curating. Under the story line of ‘Street Rave‘, we get to see voluminous pompadours and 70s inspired threads through out the streets on Shinjuku and a carnival (and….. a soul-cycling class?!). Come take a look at the bts video of this retro inspired photoshoot.
Singer-songwriter Utada Hikaru took to Twitter earlier today after reports that her marriage isn’t so simple and clean these days.
“At the bottom of my list of what I look for in a partner: economic strength,” the singer wrote.
Kis-My-Ft2 and their signature roller skates are back in their 17th single, “Sha la la ☆Summer Time”. The song is a dazzling summer tune, and is also the commercial background song for “Una Kowa” currently airing.
Closing out the “sweet and stimulating” summer concept, this single is the endpoint for this summer’s challenging album and concert schedule. As a finale, the music video for this new song features the group’s starting point and secret weapon: a roller skating battle! The music video features all-out roller skating for the first time in 3.5 years, since “Unmei Girl”.
The single was released last August 24. Check out the music video and single details below.